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An illusion can become a half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The familiar arguments to the effect that as democracy is “ just the same as or “ 23 ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
An illusion can become a half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The familiar arguments to the effect that as democracy is “ just the same as or “ 23 ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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Only half a million people , the people in the country houses , definitely benefited from the existing system . Moreover , the tendency of small businesses to merge together into large ones robbed more and more of the monied class of ...
Only half a million people , the people in the country houses , definitely benefited from the existing system . Moreover , the tendency of small businesses to merge together into large ones robbed more and more of the monied class of ...
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But all this is an indirect result of the British rule , which aims half - consciously at keeping India as backward as possible . The classes most loyal to Britain are the princes , the landowners and the business community - in general ...
But all this is an indirect result of the British rule , which aims half - consciously at keeping India as backward as possible . The classes most loyal to Britain are the princes , the landowners and the business community - in general ...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius Issue 1 of Searchlight books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1941 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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